The myth that sauna and asthma do not suit is plainly wrong.
It is completely the opposite – People who suffer from asthma or chronic bronchitis SHOULD go to the sauna. It is indeed very good for curing your asthma.

I will try to explain, why it is so below.

Asthma is often caused by allergies and relies on muscle fibers of convulsion in the wall of the small bronchi. Between the attacks by an asthma patient has virtually no symptoms and therefore no complaints at all.

Under the influence of the dry heat in the sauna cabin the muscles will relax. So do all the tiny little muscles you have in your body, which are the cause of an asthma attack.

There has done a lot of research on the effects of the sauna on asthma.

Regular sauna visits reduce the number of attacks and breathing difficulties. This is because the nervous system in the sauna so favorably influenced.

And also comes in the sauna more cortisol in the blood. This substance, secreted by the adrenal cortex shows a reduction reactions, including the reactions that cause an asthma attack.

And what about the prevention of the sauna for a cold? For asthma patients, always a source of problems. Those who regularly go to the sauna has hardly cold load.

Even with influenza epidemics are loyal sauna visitors always well off. The exchange of high and low temperatures in the body build a natural resistance against those nasty colds.

Medical research work and studies have shown that in asthmatics sauna has a strong positive impact on the measurable air into the lungs. The vital capacity increases, as with a beautiful word called. Asthma sufferers often with a somewhat inflated lung suffering and also very susceptible to infections in their airways are very much benefit from the sauna, where they are hardened and their resistance capacity is increased.

And what is true for asthma patients also applies to people suffering from chronic bronchitis.

Practice has proved that regular sauna is very enlightening.

Sauna IS suitable for people with asthma and chronic bronchitis.

And try it. You’ll find that it is just a wonderful relief!

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Your blood pressure is not always constant. It rises when you are excited or nervous, or when you eat. If you fall asleep or when you are calm and relaxed then its much lower.

But what happens to your blood pressure in the sauna?

The high temperature in the sauna cabin, make the blood vessels wider, especially the blood vessels on your skin.

The blood has not only less resistance in the arteries but also a much larger catchment. The result is that blood pressure drops. The higher the blood pressure is the more it will fall.

When you are in cold, it is the opposite. The blood vessels are much nearer again.

The blood has another smaller basin and a greater resistance. As a result, the blood pressure. In people with low blood pressure more than people with normal blood pressure.
What we like to say is that sauna has regulatory effect on your blood pressure.

You must be in the sauna to the rules. That means every good sauna operator repeatedly for its guests. Spoken and written.
And tells you that your blood pressure that is no idle talk. Because if you’re in the sauna is not playing by the rules – you are not calm and relaxed behavior, you breached the guidelines cools after the sauna bath, you forget the warm foot bath, yes, … than does the sauna you no good. Then your constitution gets confused, then your blood pressure fluctuates too much.

Then you will not feel good after a sauna bath.

In conclusion:
Sauna is really healthy for your blood pressure in case you follow the rules of a sauna bath.

A consumer research shows that some people will not come back to sauna after their first visit. Ill be like a sauna?
99% of the cases is this because of that they did not follow the rules of sauna and therefore had an unpleasant experiences such as fatigue and dizziness afterwards.

The pleasant, relaxing and healthy sauna bath can be experienced only good if you follow six simple rules:

1) Sauna is a relaxing game of warming and cooling. Remember not cooling! The luchtbad in the air to the lungs to cool and then cold water. Always start with your feet and rinse with cold water in the direction of blood flow along (to the heart again). People with hypertension or heart problems are not the plunge. Cool down after what ailes hot, even after the steam bath, whirlpool or sun bank, before going into the sauna cabin again.

2) The hot foot bath is an essential part of the sauna event. Both before entering the sauna cabin and after cooling ensures the plantar reflex hot (hot foot bath) for pleasant relaxation.

3) Give yourself time and take it easy. Enter the cabins no loud conversations and try the action of heat and cold on your body to enjoy. Take a break between two courses sauna. From the operation of the sauna is best if you take these points in mind.

4) Do not Eat and drinktoo much before taking your sauna session. Do not drink alcohol nor smoke before and during the sauna. Better blood circulation in sauna allows enables the toxines to absorb much faster than regularly.

5) Let your body cool down properly after sauna before you put on clothes. Trust me, you will feel much better afterwards.

6) It is not necessary to wash yourself with soap after the sauna, because your skin is already cleaner than ever before.

7) You will start to appreciate sauna more if you take sauna sessions regularly.

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Is sauna good or bad for people, who have rheumatic disease?

That’s because rheumatism should be divided into three different groups of diseases / symptoms.
You have the arthritis diseases, the most important is the rheumatoid arthritis (chronic rheumatism).

There is a category of degenerative joint disorders (osteoarthritis) and you have the so-called “soft-tissue rheumatism” (which are no obvious symptoms of musculoskeletal gewrichtsaf district individuals, but sometimes abnormalities tendons, and bursae spieraanhech-tions).

Best known in this category are the neck-shoulder pain, tennis elbow, low back pain and fibromyalgia.

The symptoms and the disease course and medical treatment, varies greatly in these different categories. What one patient can be beneficial, the other is counterproductive. And so is the game of hot and cold in the sauna.

Although there is little literature available in the scientific medical literature of the last ten years on “Rheumatism and sauna” can in general be stated that the chronic inflammatory diseases (rheumatoid arthritis) the sauna an analgesic effect.
Also in osteoarthritis patients Beneficial effects of sauna on stiffness complaints known.
In patients with “soft-tissue rheumatism” are both beneficial and adverse effects are known.

The increase in pain one days after the sauna is for. One remedy for this category would be just fine after the sauna to cool off, while other categories too large cold stimulus should be avoided.

You notice it: whether good or bad sauna for rheumatic patients is easier asked than answered. Much more research must be done.

At the international conference in Japan made sauna Dr. Milos Matej of research in balneology Bratislava favorable results of the influence of sauna in RA patients, and especially in sufferers from the syndrome Bechterev.

People with rheumatic complaints in all cases do good to their focus in the sauna so that they do feel comfortable.

In conclusion, it is advisable to talk to the doctor about it before deciding.

You can easily lose up to 2 kg body weight in 1 session of 30 minutes in an sauna!

This doesn’t mean that these pounds are lost for good.

You will lose this weight mainly by the moisture loss. The weight comes right back when you drink.

Healthy weight loss with the sauna?

Your body burns calories while you sweat.

You can easily to a pint of fluid exudation during an average sauna session of 30 minutes. This is the equivalent of 300 Kcal and all you need do is sit and relax.

Your weight can not move out, but down and that is exactly where it goes.

It is strongly recommended that two or three glasses of water for every 15 minutes in the sauna. It is tempting to turn to enjoy this instant weight loss, losing weight makes you healthy but your body with sufficient moisture.

It is important to ensure that you do not de-hydrates. Drink water. By drinking water you fill your lost calories with no return.

Average number of calories that a person that weights 75 kilograms burns exercising in 30 minutes:

Tennis: 265

Squash: 510

Swimming: 300

Running: 300

Cycling (15 km / h): 225

Golf: 150

Walking: 150

Marathon run: 593

Someone who is accustomed to the heat of the sauna can easily burn 600 to 800 calories and weight loss is greater in infrared sauna than in a conventional sauna because the energy penetrates more deeply into your body through the heat of a steam sauna. The liquid fat begins to be around 43 degrees Celsius and can leave your body through sweat.

The main benefit is that your pores undergo a major cleanup, your skin will become healthier and you lose all toxic substances that accumulate in body fat.

Get rid of toxic substances is obviously good. It corrects metabolic imbalance that can be responsible for poor digestion and weight gain.

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When building a sauna it is the most important to consider the air flow and ventilation of the sauna.

In Finland the sauna is very important to everyone. Maybe even more important than a church.
The neighbouring countries of Finland have also long sauna traditions with some differences.

Today, the sauna back in fashion.

Now we are inspired by the great spa facilities and are willing to invest a bit more to get the full experience.

Have you thought of building a sauna on your own?

There is a lot to think about. Depending on how skilled you are in construction, there are different ways to go with building a sauna.

Is it nice to build the sauna yourself, but if you don’t have the skills and knowledge, the sauna you build wouln’t be as good as excpected and its simpler to let it build by pro-s.
- The important thing to consider is ventilation,

It is particularly important if you intend to build a sauna in the basement, where it can easily become stale.
Valve for fresh air intakes to the sauna should preferably sit on the floor during. Exhaust valve placed above the top of lichen, diagonally across the room, and should preferably lead to the open air.
This traditional way to ventilate the sauna is based on natural ventilation and will provide fairly large temperature differences between floors and ceilings.

It can be an advantage if the best with children, who may prefer the lower temperature near the floor. If you want a more even temperature in the sauna, there are other methods.

No matter how great the sauna is, there are some dimensions that are important to adhere to.
In order to fit properly, including for Loga itself, whip themselves with birch twigs, should be 1.10 m between the top bunk and the ceiling.

Many people like to lie down in the sauna and then you have to think about making benches large enough, at least 70 centimeters wide and two meters.

Spruce wood is often used in saunas. It main downside is that it can get really hot if the temperature in the sauna is high.

Thats why aspen is better – it is heat-insulating and therefore cooler to sit on.

Try to avoid using pine.

The insulation is also an important detail. How thick insulation is required depends on whether the sauna is against the inner wall or outer wall, or if it is in a stand-alone house.

Connecting the sauna to an isolated outer wall is necessary to ensure that there is an air gap of 20 millimeters.

What lies on the floor? Is the existing floor of concrete, it is quite enough to paint it. If you want to have a better looking floor you can choose tiles or plastic carpet. What you should consider is that it should be easy to keep clean. There is no need for floor drain inside the sauna, the water that lands on the floor dries quickly up the heat. It really needs no threshold between the sauna and outer space, which facilitates cleaning.

An important choice to make to its sauna, of course, the heating system you intend to use. Is it wood or electricity?

Many wood-burning heaters have a built-in water tank that serves as a water heater. Just do not forget that a wood-heated sauna requires stack.
- There are a variety of manufacturers. It is important that the unit has a proper stone magazine.

The stones are those that store and distribute the heat and it is important that they are large enough, washed and clean.

How much assembly is required due to the sauna chamber size?

An aggregate of 4.5 kilowatts is appropriate for a sauna of 3-6 square meters. Is the sauna 5-9 square meters need to be an assembly of 6 kilowatts. Check with your provider. If you have an assembly of 6 kilowatt-hour costs a sauna of 3-6 crowns.

The lighting in the sauna is especially important. This is a place for relaxation and a cold light bulb on the wall can ruin a large part of the experience.
- If you create an indirect lighting, you can get very nice effects as reflected in the wood.

In recent years, the market has a lot of accessories to offer. Among other things, there are benches in various shapes, with curved back and leg support.
It’s fun to build your own sauna from start to finish.

Here is a short comparison between infrared and conventional saunas. We will tell you about the main differences between these kind of saunas.

In infrared saunas the temperature never exceeds 60 degrees Celsius and is adjustable, pleasant, beneficial and bearable by anyone.

In a conventional sauna, also known as Finnish type sauna, the temperature reaches 110 degrees celcius and not everyone can tolerate this kind of temperature.

Infrared sauna is ideal for those, who do not have much time.

With deep enough to heat 15 minutes in the infrared sauna to warm up well and to recover energy. The heat bath may however be extended up to 60 minutes.

The action of the Finnish sauna is manifested after several cycles of stay (recommended 3 cycles are spent from 8 to max. 15 minutes each) with rest breaks intermediate and cold showers. This type of procedure can be tiring for some.

In the infrared sauna, the heat radiates directly to the body with about 80% of its energy, while only the remaining 20% heats the air. Infrared rays can reach as deep as 40 mm to skin and warm the body from within and not outside.

The stove heats the air with 100% of the Finnish sauna, which in turn heats the person through the entire surface of the body. In practice we will be immersed in a large “kettle”, with intense steam and heat is not unbearable for everyone, although recognized its benefits, certainly now far outweighed by the infrared sauna.

A dip in the infrared sauna is like a sun bath, but without the harmful UV rays The soft glow of infrared light, thanks to the deep, penetrating muscle tissue, unlocks the tensions, helps with torn muscles, stretching and inflammation. The heat of depth causes a much more intense sweating and thereby increased purifying. After swimming infrared you feel better overall, more vigorous and relaxed. The infrared sauna fluids released by sweating always consist of 80% water and the remaining 20% from fat-toxins.

The Finnish sauna bath is like flashing: This means, practically, that the body is exposed to alternating heat and cooling. Both stimuli are, for this type of sauna, of equal importance for the positive action of the bath. This combination of thermal shock trains the blood vessels and promotes inter alia, the skin cleansing by expelling, though only partially, the waste and toxins. The therapeutic effects of nature, however, are rather bland. In the Finnish sauna, in fact, there is evidence that the fluids released from the compound are still sweating by 97% water and only the remaining 3% from fat toxins. Thus, the therapeutic properties of expulsion of waste and toxins from the body are, in fact, almost nothing.

The overall dimensions of the infrared sauna from 90 cm, so they are easily positioned in any location. No need for air vents to the outside, plant hydraulic loading and unloading, bricklaying or carpentry. Assembly is simple and fast.

The cabins of the Finnish sauna (always built for a minimum of 2 persons) have far greater size and weight, so are not so easily positioned and moved. The place of installation must have a window and an air intake to the cabin. The assembly is complex and time-consuming.

For the infrared sauna Infra just a normal outlet 220-240 V. For home or professional medium are sufficient for connection to the normal 3 kW meter.
Finnish sauna for 2 people or more requires a more powerful connection, at least 4.5 kW, non-standard household but obtained from electric charge of the management company.

The power consumption of an infrared sauna are relatively low, as the installed power of a medium-size infrared cabin is below 2.0 kW which corresponds to a consumption of approx. 1.6 kwh per session 30 minutes (= approx. € 0.25).

Power consumption of a Finnish sauna is remarkable. The cabin of medium size requires at least 4.5 kW, and considering the heating time is consumed 6 / 7 times more than the infrared sauna. Today, these consumers do not allow any energy saving and environmentally damaging.
The infrared sauna Infra preheating, recommended to start the session optimally from about 25-30 degrees, is only 15-20 minutes, in relation to environmental conditions.

In finnish saunas, the times for heating up the stove is much higher (on average ranging from 45 to 120 minutes) and, therefore, operating costs are relatively higher.